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I know a knife maker by the name of Chris Reeves . We used to race Yamaha bikes back in the &#39;70s . He made a survival knife , called the aviator .

I ordered one from him , a couple of weeks later went to his house to collect it . He &quot; demonstrated &quot; the strength of it , by taking me outside , where he slash cut a 3&quot; water pipe , leaving a huge mark in the steel pipe , then shaved his arm . My jaw hit the floor when he took my NEW knife & hit the pipe , I was gobsmacked , but after I&#39;d recovered my sense of humour , it was impressive . I still have the knife , serial no 3 .

Some of these knife makers really know their stuff when it comes to selecting metals & then tempering the steel afterwards .

When we were appys we all filed out hammers , nearly all of them cracked when being tempered , obviously our tutor was&#39;nt up to standard ! Bless his soul .